Ambivalence:Mark Ratner: some_beer_drinker: Mark Ratner: If 9 blue whales is 4% of the total population, that means there are 225 blue whales.

9 divided by .04 = 225

because this. thanks for the math, ratner

To put this in perspective in relation to the human world population, it would be like 286.2 million people died (based on a March 26, 2014 estimate of 7.155 billion people.)

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Thank you, rain man. How many people would equal the weight of a blue whale?

A Blue Whale can weigh 200 or more short tons (2,000 lbs.) which makes the average Blue Whale weight in pounds about 400,000 lbs.Lets use an average human weight of 140 lbs.400,000 / 140 = 2857.1428So you get about 2857 people together on a scale and you have yourself an average weighing Blue Whale!

FloridaFarkTag:Wonder how the Global Warmists spin the fact that these whales died due to much later than normal ice buildup and displacement? Unusually late ice melt this year...refutes any Global Warming claim

FloridaFarkTag:Wonder how the Global Warmists spin the fact that these whales died due to much later than normal ice buildup and displacement? Unusually late ice melt this year...refutes any Global Warming claim

Not to rain on the grief parade, but it's ~4% of the observed blue whale population. There are certainly many more of them out there. The Canadian Museum of Nature estimates a global population somewhere between 14 and 20 thousand. Still sucks though.

If you are ever in Ottawa you can walk beneath the skeleton of a juvenile blue whale in the Museum of Nature. The whale died in the 70s after being hit by a ship. She's about half as large as a full grown adult. It's pretty amazing.

Mark Ratner:Ambivalence: Mark Ratner: some_beer_drinker: Mark Ratner: If 9 blue whales is 4% of the total population, that means there are 225 blue whales.

9 divided by .04 = 225

because this. thanks for the math, ratner

To put this in perspective in relation to the human world population, it would be like 286.2 million people died (based on a March 26, 2014 estimate of 7.155 billion people.)

[i.imgur.com image 323x233]

Thank you, rain man. How many people would equal the weight of a blue whale?

A Blue Whale can weigh 200 or more short tons (2,000 lbs.) which makes the average Blue Whale weight in pounds about 400,000 lbs.Lets use an average human weight of 140 lbs.400,000 / 140 = 2857.1428So you get about 2857 people together on a scale and you have yourself an average weighing Blue Whale!

FreakyBunny:Not to rain on the grief parade, but it's ~4% of the observed blue whale population. There are certainly many more of them out there. The Canadian Museum of Nature estimates a global population somewhere between 14 and 20 thousand. Still sucks though.

If you are ever in Ottawa you can walk beneath the skeleton of a juvenile blue whale in the Museum of Nature. The whale died in the 70s after being hit by a ship. She's about half as large as a full grown adult. It's pretty amazing.

There's a life-size model of an adult in the Museum of Natural History in DC. I still remember how totally awestruck I was when I first saw it as a kid -- and all over again as an adult.